‘Living next door to radioactive waste’: Latrobe Valley residents to rally against Coalition’s nuclear plan

Latrobe Valley residents say they need a decent plan for jobs as coal-fired power stations shut down, and the Coalition’s nuclear idea makes that ‘harder, not easier’. Photograph: Julian Smith/AAP

Community, environment and health groups will rally together against the Coalition’s nuclear proposal for the Latrobe Valley in Traralgon as public hearings for a nuclear inquiry take place in town on Tuesday.

Adrian Cosgriff, a member of community advocacy group Voices of the Valley, who worked in Gippsland’s oil and gas industry before retiring, said the region needed a decent plan for jobs as its coal-fired power stations shut down.